Labor Day Parade to Open Beckley Event for Miners
A Labor Day program set for September 6 in Beckley gathers miners from New River Wind ing Gulf Pocahontas and Greenbrier coalfields. Leaders include Leighton Farley and Matthew Neely with addresses by local officials and union figures. The day features parades by Woodrow Wilson High School band, additional bands, contests for adults and children, and musical entertainment. Roy Lee Harman will read a district poem.
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Beckley
Leighton Farley
United Mine Workers
Woodrow Wilson High School
New River
Winding Gulf
Pocahontas
Greenbrier
Kanawha Street
Methodist Temple
Woaurow Wilson
Farley
Grover Hedrick
Matthew M. Neely
United States Senate
B. H. Jenkins
Welch
Larkin Philpott
George J. Tiller
Sidney C. Box
United Construction Workers
UMW
Evening Breeze
Kimball
Matlens
Sophia
Roy Lee Harman
Harman
District 29
Watch Out Housewife Racket Warns of Deceptive Surveys
The National Better Business Bureau warns housewives of door to door consumer surveys that turn into sales contracts. Sales tactics include kitchenware offers at high prices after obtaining signatures on questionnaires. The report cites Sanford North Carolina and Beckley credit controls under new anti inflation laws affecting down payments and loan terms.
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G. C. Hedrick
National Better Business Bureau
Gallup
Kinsey
Arthur C. Cundy
Heckley Heller Business Bureau
Sanford
N. C
Chamber of Commerce
Bureau
Charles Stafford
Beckley
Widow Confirms Stranger Not Robert Underway
In a mortuary scene Rosaleen Cloade, pale and fearful, denies recognizing the dead man. Spence notes her composure and notes she swears she has never seen the man, while she signs the cross and recalls a London Blitz ordeal. Rowley Cloade confirms the widow’s statement.
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Rosaleen Cloude
David
Mavourneen
Alana
London
Mrs. Cloade
Spence
Rosaleen Cloade
Enoch Arden
Pye
Rowley Cloade
Robert Underway
New State Commander To Visit Local Post
New officers of the American Legion Beckley post will host a formal banquet on September 13 with the new department commander Don Wilson as guest of honor. Beckley is the first state post to be visited officially by Commander Wilson, and members of the state championship baseball team will attend.
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The
America
Legion Beckley
Department
Don Wilson
Beckley
Commander Wilson
Legion
Wildwood Cemetery
Irving Goldstein
Seven Men Enlist in Army and Air Force at Beckley Station
Capt R E Bruns announces seven area youths enlistment in the Army and Air Force. William Farris McDaniel 18 of Fayetteville and Robert Lew Pendleton 20 of Narrows join the air corps as privates to begin basic training in San Antonio Texas. The remaining five enlist in the regular army with basic training at Camp Breckenridge Kentucky. They are Lloyd Eisel King 18 of MacArthur Teddy Edward Chaffin 17 of Midway Eldridge Morrison Hogan 18 of Hinton Eldridge Clinton Ward 19 of Sarton Monroe County and Charles Cook 17 of Arnett with three year terms.
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Army and
Air Force
R. E. Bruns
Beckley
William Farris McDaniel
MacAlpin Man Charged with Felonious Assault Bond Set
Sony Waddy of MacAlpin was released on a 500 dollar bond after a preliminary hearing before Magistrate J P Meadows on charges of felonious assault. Waddy was arrested Sunday by Everett West. He allegedly assaulted Dor Jothy Medley, also of MacAlpin.
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Sony Waddy
MacAlpin
J. P. Meadows
Conservator of the Peace
Everett West
Waddy
Dor Jothy Medley
Coal Truck Driver Fined for Reckless Driving in Beckley
John Ridgeway of Beckley was fined 25 dollars and costs by Magistrate I G Mills after being found guilty of reckless driving. State Police arrested him yesterday following a coal incident near an U S roundabout as other local accounts discuss Regulation W and shifting down payment rules impacting consumer finance.
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John Ridgeway
Beckley
Ig. O. Mills
Ridgeway
U. S
Burivan Ferley
Credit Bureau
Minden Miner Hurt in Mining Accident
Sherman Smathers of Minden was injured at the New River and Pocahontas Consolidated Coal mine in Oak Hill. He suffered injuries to his right hip and elbow when struck by a mine car Friday. The incident prompted hospital treatment and a coal mine investigation.
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Hy Register
Oak Hill
Sherman Smathers
Minden
Smathers
New River
Pocahontas
Mrs. Virginia Neal Named Deputy Clerk
Mrs. Virginia Neal is named deputy circuit clerk in a Freeman area report. Daughter of Mr and Mrs W J Trail of Freeman street she has worked in the circuit clerk office since February 1 and resides at 104 1 2 Freeman Street with her husband Warren Neal. Her father is a former Beckley police captain and her mother is a criminal court reporter and probation officer.
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Virginia That Neal
van Hunter
Ihayn
Neal
W. J. Trail
Freeman Tstreet
Warren Neal J
Freeman Street
Beckley
Loyd E. Wiley of MacArthur Die at 39
Funeral services for Loyd E. Wiley 39 of MacArthur will be held at 2 p m tomorrow at Oak Grove Christian Church with burial in Oak Grove Cemetery. He died at home yesterday at 445 am. The Rev L A Garten will officiate. He is survived by his widow Gladys Atkinson Wiley and six children Everett Lee Kenny Ray Linda Lou Caroline Sue Sharon Louise his mother Ella McMillon Wiley a brother John D Wiley and several sisters.
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Loyd E. Wiley
MacArthur
Oak Grove Christian Church
Rev. L. A. Garten
Oak Grove
Keyser
Esterday
Mabscott
Lata
Charlie Wiley
Ella, McMillon Wiley
Gladys Atkinson Wiley
Everett Lee
Kenny Ray
Linda Lou
Caroline Sue
Sharon Louise
F. M. Cook
Princeton
Charles Bryant
Princewick
Harold Whitely
Glen Morgan
Orville Riddle
Coal City
John D. Wiley
Crab Orchard
Stamford man fined for operating vehicle without license
Millard Austin of Stamford was fined $10 and costs by Magistrate J. P. Meadows yesterday for operating a motor vehicle on a public highway without a proper license.
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Millard Austin
Stamford
J. P. Meadows
Specials to Long and Wallace Furniture and Electrical
Specials at Long and Wallace Furniture and Electrical in Pateretown West Virginia list living room suites in Mohair and Valeur priced from 9247.05 to 300.00 per set. Bedroom suites in Walnut and Mahogany range 187.08 to 315.96 with assorted chairs, tables, and lamps also advertised. Kitchen cabinets with utility cabinets, breakfast sets, and linoleum offered with August purchase incentives on kitchen cabinetry.
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Long & Wallace Furniture & Electrical
Pateretown
Mohair
Valeur
Seahy
Marion
Gibson Electric
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